my sweep team

[one winged angel]

speed and attack comes before all else is my philosophy, until it screws me over. i need help with this team please rate it!
​

Arcanine @Razor Claw[adamant]
252 atk 4 hp 252 speed(flash fire)
crunch
heat wave
flareblitz
extreme speed
I open with arcanine because it he has a wild attack stat combined with a razor claw to increase critical hit ratio and plenty of indurance. flare blitz is great for arcanine because its hp is nearly 300 and its physical. extreme speed is for fast pokemon and those that survive with barely any hp left.

porygon z @life orb[modest]
252 sp atk 252 hp 4 speed(download)
ice beam
nasty plot
tri attack
psychic
porygon is wicked powerful. I use download over adaptability because if it gets download sp atk then it gets even more devastating. With nasty plot, spam and kill. it natually has lots of hp and even more with evs to max life orbs effenciency.

scizor @ scope lens[adamant]
252 atk 252 spd 4 def (technician)
double hit
pursuit
bullet punch
x-scissor
scizor solves my speed problem with bullet punch. it always goes first and has lots of power when combined with his awsome atk. x-scizor is a devatating move with 80 power. technician makes his moves all very powerful, especially double hit wich strikes twice and has 35 power making for the equivalant of about 80 power itself. pursuit becomes powerful when someone is switching out.

staraptor @ choice band [adamant]
252 atk 252 spd 4 def(intimidate)
roost
close combat
aerial ace
brave bird
before whom the mighty are rendered weak is staraptor with his intimidate. again haveing high atk power his aerial ace makes for iminate pain. close cambat blasts through nasty rock types like golem and brove bird is an altogether killer move. this pokemon solves most of my wall problems and when they do a bit of damage heal it up with roost.

lucario @ muscle band [adamant]
252 atk 252 spd 4 hp(inner focus)
close combat
bone rush
aura sphere
drain punch
close combat is essential in lucarion in my opinion because of his speed and power making the defense reduction no threat. drain puch comes into affect when he uses close combat enough and bone rush helps with diabolos and fore makers in general. aura sphere works well against pokes i need to kill fast and imediately. he is a typical sweeper.

alakazam @ focus band [timid]
252sp atk 252 speed 4 speed (syncronize)
shock wave
focus blast
psychic
counter
shock wave hits first and hits for sure. focus blast is a great way to get rid of dark types. psychic, id have to be a moron to not have this move on an alakazam. counter and the focus sash go hand in hand to do serious damage against physical sweepers.

well thats my team. its my best team since i learned the true meaning of competitive battling and im relatively new to the idea of an all sweeper team so please dont be harsh.​

 

[Tingaling]

Everyone could appreciate some decent grammar, especially on staraptor.

Replace heat wave with thunder fang for gyrados, and Razor Claw is a horrible item. Psychic is definately not a good attack for P-Z, try dark pulse. Try a better item on scizor, and replace Double Hit with Swords Dance. CB roost on staraptor? Replace return for roost and quick attack for aerial ace. Luke wants CC, Crunch/Ice Punch, extremespeed and Swords Dance. Alakazam should loose shock wave, because it is already fast and Electric isn't the best attack for priority.

 

[Olie]

And regarding counter on Alakazam... his defences are very weak, so it may seem appropriate, but a better optin would be to add a focus sash and work with that. Otherwise, try this set out:

Alakazam@ Choice Specs
Synchronize
Timid
252 SpA / 6 SpD / 252 Spe

-Psychic
-Focus Blast
-Shadow Ball
-Trick

With Choice Specs equipped, Alakazam can cause an immense amount of damage. Psychic is its main form of attack, while the other moves hit those who resist it. Focus Blast takes out most Dark-types and Steels, although you can opt for the less powerful but more accurate Hidden Power Fighting. Bear in mind you will do significantly less damage to the likes of Snorlax, Metagross, and Blissey. However, you can still OHKO Weavile and 2HKO most Tyranitar. Shadow Ball takes out fellow Psychics, meaning Alakazam can revenge kill Azelf and Starmie with little trouble, and can actually do something to Celebi. Finally, Alakazam can Trick its Choice Specs onto a wall or physical attacker. Grass Knot is an alternative as it is Alakazam's best option against Spiritomb (Shadow Ball is unlikely to 2HKO, even with Stealth Rock support) and can potentially 2HKO on the switch (beware of Sucker Punch though).

 

[Matthew]

Let's see if we can't save this team

speed and attack comes before all else is my philosophy, until it screws me over. i need help with this team please rate it!​

Arcanine @ Choice Band
252 atk 4 hp 252 speed
Ability: Intimidate
- Flare Blitz
- Extreme Speed (+2)
- Thunder Fang
- Iron Tail / Overheat

I open with arcanine because it he has a good attack stat combined with a razor claw to increase critical hit ratio and plenty of endurance. flare blitz is great for arcanine because its hp is nearly 300 and its physical. extreme speed is for fast pokemon and those that survive with barely any hp left.

Alright well here is about where I wanted to start rating the team as a whole. There's a reason people don't use Arcanine it's because he has sub-par speed and not that amazing of a move pool. Also since you're running a physical Arc why put in Heat Wave? It seems like a waste. If you really want a strong and fast FIRE type lead please go with Infernape. I'll list the sets that might appeal to you

Infernape@ Life Orb
Naive nature
24 Atk / 252 SpA / 232 Spe
- Flamethrower
- Close Combat
-Nasty Plot
- Grass Knot/Hidden Power [ICE]

OR

Infernape @ Choice Band
Jolly nature
252 Atk/Spe 6 HP
- Close Combat
- Flare Blitz
- U-Turn
- Stone Edge/Thunder Punch

If you really want to keep Arc then I edited your set above
​

porygon z @ Choice Scarf
Modest Nature Nature
252 sp atk 252 hp 4 speed(download)
- Thunder Bolt
- Ice Beam
- Dark Pulse
- Tri Attack


porygon is pretty powerful. I use download over adaptability because if it gets download sp atk then it gets even more devastating. With nasty plot, spam and kill(lul wut?). it naturally has a decent amount of hp and even more with evs to max life orbs efficiency.

I don't really know where to start... uh yes Porygon is a powerful pokemon yet he is also not the fastest. If you really want to use the Nasty Plot set up then you should make his nature Timid and always always ALWAYS use Adaptability. Psychic isn't that good of an offensive attack I would suggest Dark Pulse. Otherwise it's fine.

EDIT: You have a lot of life orbers on this team, if you take my advice that is. So I'm making Porygon a Scarfer

scizor @ Life Orb/Leftovers
Adamant/Jolly Nature
252 atk 252 spd 4 def
- Swords Dance
- Roost
- X-Scissor
- Bullet Punch (+1)
scizor solves my speed problem with bullet punch. it always goes first and has lots of power when combined with his awesome atk. x-scizor(is this a play on words?) is a devastating move with 80 power. technician makes his moves all very powerful, especially double hit which strikes twice and has 35 power making for the equivalent of about 80 power itself. pursuit becomes powerful when someone is switching out.

Honestly there are a ton of better Scizor sets, with the new Platinum toutors and Scizors new moves give him a lot of better options. I'll just fix the set above up.

staraptor @ choice band [adamant]
252 atk 252 spd 4 def(intimidate)
roost
close combat
aerial ace
brave bird

before who the mighty are rendered weak is staraptor with his intimidate. again having high atk power his aerial ace makes for iminate pain. close combat blasts through nasty rock types like golem and brave bird is an altogether killer move. this pokemon solves most of my wall problems and when they do a bit of damage heal it up with roost.

Bad! Nothing else to say. This is not the kind of Staraptor you would want to run. Roost on a Choice Band? It's not going to help that much in the long run. Once your opponent figures out that you are a choice banded you come in to roost he get's a free turn of set up. With that being said Staraptor isn't that good of a Pokemon, from looking at your team DDos will help you a lot and fit in your team.

Gyrados @ Life Orb/Leftovers
Adamant Nature
252 Atk/Spe 6HP
- Dragon Dance
- Waterfall
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge/Ice Fang/Bite

lucario @ Choice Specs
Modest Nature
4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Inner Focus
- Aura Sphere
- Vaccume Wave (+1)
- Dark Pulse
- Hidden Power [ICE]


close combat is essential in Lucario in my opinion because of his speed and power making the defense reduction no threat. drain punch comes into affect when he uses close combat enough and bone rush helps with diabolos and fore makers in general. aura sphere works well against pokes i need to kill fast and imediately. he is a typical sweeper.

You have a huge lack of Special Sweepers on your team, so I'm going to change Lucario into the Special Sweeper your team wants. Choice Specs Lucario is a fantastic Special Sweeper. He can kill faster Steels with Vaccume Wave as it has +1 priority. Not much else to add I guess

alakazam @ focus band [timid]
252sp atk 252 speed 4 speed (syncronize)
shock wave
focus blast
psychic
counter

shock wave hits first and hits for sure. focus blast is a great way to get rid of dark types. psychic, id have to be a moron to not have this move on an alakazam. counter and the focus sash go hand in hand to do serious damage against physical sweepers.

Alakazam is an... ok pokemon I guess. If you really would like a fast and powerful pokemon then by all means use Gengar. He's fast and only slightly weaker than Zam, but he has status moves. I'm not even going to fix up Zam as Gengar does his job better.

Gengar @ focus sash/Wide Lends
Timid Nature
252 Spe/SpAtk 6 HP
- Hypnosis
- Focus Blast
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt


well thats my team. its my best team since i learned the true meaning of competitive battling and im relatively new to the idea of an all sweeper team so please dont be harsh.
You'll get better in time mate.
​

 

[Fatal Edge]

Meh, since Taylor infracted me for insulting other members I won't flame you for saying that you have learned the true meaning of competitive battling which you haven't imo.

Gen. Empoleon has basically covered everything so I'll follow up by saying that in an offensive team entry hazards are a MUST. Meaning you need a Suicide Lead. Infernape could work with the Fake Out+Stealth Rock set.

AgiliGross>Scizor. Scizor really doesn't save your speed weakness since well his speed goes like to 223 or so.

Salamence w/ LO and Outrage is an alternative to Gyarados.

Gengar is better than alakazam imo but thats just my opinion.

Now for offensive teams it is necessary to have LATE GAME CLEANUP. Meaning things that are fast and have nice type coverage. Deoxys-S is the best of the best.

 

[one winged angel]

thank you all. burst limit, im sorry for the bad advice i should have checked out your team better and when i say i know the"true meaning of competetive battling, i mean i actually like it thats all. im still working on my skills absolutely